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Luas Cross City marks its first anniversary with pride
Today, one year ago, after more than three years having the streets upside down with trenches, fences, noise and inconvenience of all kinds, the Luas Cross City came into service…
€15 Dracula Coin Rises from the Vaults of the Central Bank
As Hallowe’en approaches, the Central Bank of Ireland has launched a commemorative coin celebrating one of the world’s scariest tales. The Bram Stoker ‘Dracula’ €15 silver proof limited edition commemorative…
Cork Airport renames its main runway due to magnetism
The airport's runway, which was designated as Runway 17/35 in 1961, is now Runway 16/34. The re-designation is a result of changes to the Earth's magnetic poles in the past…
Solar farm to generate power to operate the airport's reservoir
The Dublin Airport Authority (daa) in partnership with ESB has installed 268 solar panels on top of the airport's reservoir system which will provide more than half of the reservoir's…
Brexit price increases could affect poorer households most
A hard Brexit would increase the cost of living for all households in Ireland by 2 per cent to 3.1 per cent – an annual increase of €892 to €1,360…
Lidl to introduce autism friendly quiet evenings
Lidl has anounced that it is implementing Autism Aware Quiet Evenings across all 194 Lidl stores in Ireland and Northern Ireland, after the success of the initial trial last year…
Derry Girls consolidates as the biggest series in the North
Have you heard the latest ‘bars?’ Derry Girls has consolidated (taking account of time-shifted viewing on a television over a seven day period) to become the biggest series ever in Northern Ireland…
National Ambulance Service now operating Loc8 Codes
Operational Managers within the National Ambulance Services (NAS) are supporting Public Safety Location Code technology. It ensures that First Responders are dispatched quickly and accurately to emergency sites throughout Ireland.…
Saving on your household bills - how to get started
Most people would probably say they could do with cutting their household costs - in fact, last year, almost two-thirds of us had to borrow to meet the cost of…
Leopold Bloom saw them and there they remain
The novel "Ulysses" by James Joyce, which is the Dublin version of Homer's epic poem "Odyssey", explains the daily activities carried out in the city of Dublin by several characters…
First tram in 68 years to go all the way through O'Connell
If someone looks at old pictures from Dublin there are always trams going up and down through places such as O'Connell Street, which was the departing point of many lines,…
Some things can only be seen in Dublin
It is very usual to see bottles and glasses left all over the place following some specific patterns as explained in this story published four years ago; that's particularly true…
